How To Make Cloth Sanitary Pads

Menstrual Hygiene Program

By: Forgotten People Organization

Supplies you need:

• Flannel (not very much, at least ¼ yard in 2 colors will make you a couple pads)

• Sewing machine• Thread• Measuring Tape• Scissors• Cloth Pad Liner Pattern

First you will need to trace around your pattern on the fabric. You can use a pen or a fabric pencil or whatever you have on hand

Cut out two of each of the patterns

Turn the fabric inside out and sew the liner around the edges. Go around the entire thing leaving no openings. Do the same for the

wings of the pad.

Snip a hole in one side of both the wings and the pad. Use this to turn the fabric right side out. Do this for both wings and pad then

iron each of them

Make sure to put the sides with the holes together so you won’t be able to see them in the finished pad. Sew the pad onto the wings.

Now for a closure…if you don’t want to invest much in the pads or you don’t plan on making many of them you can just use Velcro or a button.